A recent ad on TV, which claims to be a public awareness campaign, shows a self-important 10-year old telling his family about his scores in various subjects. The conversation goes on like this: Family: "Maths?" 10 yr old with mock disappointment: "93" Family: "Science?" 10 yr old with mock-er disappointment: "96" Family: "And what about Rahul?" 10 yr old with a wide grin and thumbs-down: "0" Family: "Why?" 10 yr old with absolute delight: "Chicken Pox. He didn't come to the school at all." Family smiles nastily as if Rahul has acted foolish by contracting chicken pox. And all this in the name of a "public awareness campaign" for a Chicken Pox vaccine. I would request the great people behind this ad to spare us their concern for our well-being. Some other child falling sick should raise nothing else but compassion in everyone. But these amazingly conceited people make completely innocent kids
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